Official White House photographer Pete Souza shot back at critics this weekend, insisting he is not hogging coverage of President Obama.

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Souza's unfettered access to Obama has made him an object of scorn among the White House press corps, who are angry that photojournalists are systematically blocked from covering the President at events.

The head of photography for The Associated Press has likened Souza's "visual news releases" to propaganda.

Santiago Lyon accused Obama of trying to "bypass the media by releasing a sanitized visual record of his activities through official photographs and videos at the expense of independent journalistic access," in a New York Times editorial last week.

Reminds me a bit of the (former?) official White House poster artist, commie propagandist Shepard Fairey...

Here is the 'thank you' letter Barack Obama sent to Shepard Fairey: "Dear Shepard, I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.

From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:PROFILE: ANGELA DAVIS

* Communist professor at the University of Californias Santa Cruz campus * Recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize from the police state of East Germany in 1979 * Provided an arsenal of weapons to Black Panthers who used them to kill a Marin Country judge in a failed attempt to free Davis' imprisoned lover, Black Panther murderer George Jackson * Icon of the campus Left and frequent guest speaker at anti-war rallies * Leader of a movement to free all criminals who are minorities claiming that they are political prisoners of the racist United States* The only path of liberation for black people is that which leads toward complete and radical overthrow of the capitalist class.

Angela Yvonne Davis is a tenured professor in the History of Consciousness program at the University of California - Santa Cruz. A former member of the Black Panther Party, she is currently a University Professor, one of only seven in the entire California University system, which entitles her to a six-figure salary and a research assistant. This income is supplemented by speaking fees ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per appearance on college campuses, where she is an icon of radical faculty, administrators, and students. Davis has also taught at UCLA and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

"The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people"--Barack Hussein Obama, in his Thank You letter to Shepard Fairey

(OK, at least Leni had some amazing artistic talent, but she deployed it in service of an ugly cause and leader. The glorification of Obama in service of his cult of personality and his agenda is just as ugly.)

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posted on 12/18/2013 6:16:26 AM PST
by Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")

The regime realizes “old media” is in bad financial straits.
They are just giving the media a cost cutting method by providing “official” photos and videos.
Dump those expensive camera jockeys, technicians, etc.

It isn't that the pictures he takes that are propaganda, it's that the pictures that the White House releases are propaganda. The White Hut simply won't release a picture that depicts Obama in a bad light.

A good example is the picture last week of Obama and Bush 43 on Air Force 1 on the way to South Africa. This was a double propaganda gain. It showed Obama wish a typical SE grin, while depicting Bush looking quite odd. Propaganda, indeed.

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posted on 12/18/2013 7:54:03 AM PST
by norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)

Lol. Good point. I just meant I didn’t care about whether the commie schmuck artist, Shepard Fairey, copied off some other lefty schmuck artist. What was important was who and what the bastard was and what he was doing, what he did previously.

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